How to show a specific frame of a GIF image in C#?

Question

I want to show a frame of a gif image. I searched and found that the following code should work, but it doesn\'t work. it detects the number of frames correctly but it shows

Answer 1

Oh it works, but not as you expect it to.

When you set an active frame of a gif image it actually restarts its animation from that frame. You have to stop it when you change a frame, by setting the pictureBox.IsEnabled to false, for instance. Try the following code

private Image img;

public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    img = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Users\Administrator\TEST C#\TEST2frame2\chef.gif");
    pictureBox1.Image = img;
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var dim = new FrameDimension(img.FrameDimensionsList[0]);
    img.SelectActiveFrame(dim, 1);
    pictureBox1.Enabled = false;
}

Try pressing the button in different moments and you will see that the active image frame will change.

Answer 2

Use your own code up until the call of SelectActiveFrame() and after that change to this lines:

frames[0] = new Bitmap(GG);
pictureBox1.Image = frame[0];

This should do the trick. Please do not forget do dispose the created Images.